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Carnegie Hall Presents

Fast Forward

This forward-thinking series features premiere works by significant composers of the 21st-century, including Osvaldo Golijov, Terry Riley, Tyondai Braxton, Donnacha Dennehy, Missy Mazzoli, and a quartet of composers from Latin America. Their music has also found a new breed of musical interpreters—Kronos Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet among them—who provide electrifying performances of what is new, now, and next.

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Saturday, Dec 8, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Música nueva
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Members of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
  • Danilo Pérez, Piano
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Piano

Program

  • ENRICO CHAPELA New Work (US premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
    GONZALO RUBALCABA New Work (US premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
    DANILO PÉREZ New Work (US Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
    ESTEBAN BENZECRY New Work (US Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
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As part of their residency here at Carnegie Hall, members of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela introduce four new chamber works, all commissioned by Carnegie Hall, by composers from throughout Latin America. Joining them on this concert is Panama native Danilo Pérez, a jazz pianist and composer whose music is dedicated to exploring the links between musical styles to find what he calls “our diversity through one sound.”
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 | 6 PM
Making Music: Osvaldo Golijov
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Osvaldo Golijov, Composer
  • St. Lawrence String Quartet
    ·· Geoff Nuttall, Violin
    ·· Scott St. John, Violin
    ·· Lesley Robertson, Viola
    ·· Christopher Costanza, Cello
  • Jessica Rivera, Soprano
  • Biella da Costa, Soprano
  • The Zankel Band
    ·· Alex Sopp, Flute and Alto Flute
    ·· Todd Palmer, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
    ·· Eric Ruske, Horn
    ·· Claudio Ragazzi, Guitar and Ronroco
    ·· Bridget Kibbey, Harp
    ·· Michael Ward-Bergeman, Accordion
    ·· Jeremy Flower, Sampler
    ·· Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola
    ·· Julia MacLaine, Cello
    ·· Kris Saebo, Bass
    ·· Jamey Haddad, Percussion
  • Jeremy Geffen, Moderator

Program

  • OSVALDO GOLIJOV Qohelet (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Stanford Lively Arts)
  • OSVALDO GOLIJOV Ayre
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In 1992, St. Lawrence String Quartet premiered Golijov’s Yiddishbbuk, the start of an artistic relationship that continues to this day. For this event, which closely examines Golijov’s aesthetic, the group performs the New York premiere of a new work, Qohelet, as well as the celebrated chamber piece Ayre, which originally premiered at Zankel Hall in 2004.
Osvaldo Golijov's Ayre, Sueltate las Cintas (Untie your Ribbons)
Dawn Upshaw, Soprano | Gustavo Santaolalla, Guitar
Deutsche Grammphon
Saturday, Apr 6, 2013 | 9 PM
Alarm Will Sound
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Alarm Will Sound
    Alan Pierson, Artistic Director and Conductor

Program

  • TERRY RILEY "Across the Lake of the Ancient World" from Shri Camel (arr. MacDonald)
  • CHARLES WUORINEN Big Spinoff
  • TYONDAI BRAXTON New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • JOHN ORFE New Work
  • DONNACHA DENNEHY New Work (World Premiere)
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Committed to innovative performances and recordings of today’s music, Alarm Will Sound has a reputation for performing demanding music with energetic skill. This wildly inventive group, hailed as “the future of classical music” (The New York Times), premieres new works by former Battles singer and guitarist Tyondai Braxton, Dublin-based Crash Ensemble founder Donnacha Dennehy, and AWS founding member John Orfe, as well as compositions by Terry Riley and Charles Wuorinen.
Terry Riley's "Across the Lake of the Ancient World"
Terry Riley
Sony
Friday, May 3, 2013 | 9 PM
Kronos Quartet
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Kronos Quartet
    ·· David Harrington, Violin
    ·· John Sherba, Violin
    ·· Hank Dutt, Viola
    ·· Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello
  • David Krakauer, Clarinet

Program

  • Program to include:
  • ALEKSANDRA VREBALOV Babylon, Our Own (NY Premiere)
  • MISSY MAZZOLI New Work (NY Premiere)
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“I’ve always wanted the string quartet to be vital and energetic and alive and cool,” says Kronos Quartet founder and artistic director David Harrington. “It has to be expressive of life—to tell the story with grace and humor and depth.” The wildly successful group lives up to Harrington’s vision on this program, offering the New York premieres of works by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Missy Mazzoli.
Aleksandra Vrebalov's Pannonia Boundless
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch

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